Title: Permission errors
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Permission errors

 *  [LFGabel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lfgabel/)
 * (@lfgabel)
 * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permission-errors/)
 * Can WP not be programmed to make permission issues invisible to the user? What
   I mean is struggling with permissions when uploading images through the dashboard.
 * More here: [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/356787?replies=5](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/356787?replies=5)
 * Could it not be programmed to update the permissions on relevant folders before
   upload, and set them back to what they were after upload? That way, after a fresh
   install of WP3.0, we wouldn’t get errors uploading media, like:
    – Missing temporary
   folder – Cannot move image to upload/2010/…
 * Seems like a good idea to me.

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 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permission-errors/#post-1559057)
 * > Could it not be programmed to update the permissions on relevant folders before
   > upload, and set them back to what they were after upload?
 * That would depend on the server configuration. That kind of file modification
   by server-level scripts would pose a huge security risk and is consequently not
   allowed by most hosting providers.
 *  Thread Starter [LFGabel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lfgabel/)
 * (@lfgabel)
 * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permission-errors/#post-1559288)
 * Isn’t that required to allow automatic upgrades of WP and plugins? Changing the
   permissions to allow creation of new folders and files?
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permission-errors/#post-1559319)
 * Some servers require permissions to be 777 before directories can be created 
   or added to by server-side PHP scripts, and others allow this action with 755
   permissions, but the permissions are never altered by server-side PHP scripts.

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 * Last reply from: [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permission-errors/#post-1559319)
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